We’ve all heard of the Yeti and the Sasquatch. However, have you ever heard of the Bunyip? This relatively obscure cryptid originates in Indigenous Australian folklore and has been haunting the country for centuries. It most often shows itself in south-eastern Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, but its legend is more widespread.

This beast would hunt down women and children, sometimes the elderly. As if she knew what she could handle and what she could not. She avoided contact with young and adult men, knowing well that they were more powerful than her normal victims. She could dodge spears and firearms that were aimed her way. She could easily scale walls and dive into rivers to escape her enemies.